It's been ages since I've visited Fark. I miss it. I'm just too busy with the various Boards of Directors I'm on and my day job. Anyway, I have to share the little photo shoot my wife and I had on Valentine's Day:

Shaving only temp solution as Biscuit's Fur Grows Back. Yakko looks only a little furrier than that normally, he's one of Furrnandina's sons. Clipped Wakko with scissors few days ago to remove drooley mats, he's now much better.Well, reigning, FCC'll be after me too, but I got an excuse cause I'm licensed as N8CGM by them!

While we waits, as it's After Dark in Cinti, Deal With It!put up by Katimichelle, first on reddit; orig on reddit a year ago with pixydix in original foto

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I love it! That is a classic, and has so many quotes to use...I would love to play the witch. She rocks.

I heard they were remaking The Wizard of Oz. I don't see how they can possibly top the original.

Know what's funny? That's one of my favorite movies and I just watched it this afternoon. Mrs. Buck got me the 2 disc Dvd a couple years ago with some great outtakes, deleted scenes, trivia, and whatnot.

AlienDandelion:L33t Squirrel: tigerose: It has been snowing here all day..then sun..then dump da white stuff! And I see you are TF'd..darn it, too slow!

Blah snow, that's why I love... Wait, what?

*Checks email.*

Ah! *Bows deeply.* Thank you, OlderGuy! Guess I better get some new photos of the boys to upload as thanks. :P I really should, they look smashing in their new collars. Sassy's outside, enjoying the mid-60s California sunshine, probably won't see him until this evening.

AlienDandelion: *scampers in*Oh Hai!!!I made it in this weekend!YAY!!!I better start catching up on the thread!

Ehermagerd, Ehrlien! :D

*Kermit flail.*

What I wouldn't give to have PS skillz to do a picture of that!hahahaha!!!

tigerose:It has been snowing here all day..then sun..then dump da white stuff! And I see you are TF'd..darn it, too slow!

Blah snow, that's why I love... Wait, what?

*Checks email.*

Ah! *Bows deeply.* Thank you, OlderGuy! Guess I better get some new photos of the boys to upload as thanks. :P I really should, they look smashing in their new collars. Sassy's outside, enjoying the mid-60s California sunshine, probably won't see him until this evening.

AlienDandelion:*scampers in*Oh Hai!!!I made it in this weekend!YAY!!!I better start catching up on the thread!

Sorry I've been absent so far this week -- spent the last day and a half either sitting on the litterbox or napping due to exhaustion. :op

At least I feel cheerful today. Not so yesterday! You can guess how my Valentine's day went....

Life can be so amusing sometimes, especially when I pretend it's happening to someone else.

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Would like to add, three cheers for the guy in the article. If there was a Caturday Hero award, he would get it!Well done, sir. Thanks to you, all those sweet little souls now have a chance at a full life of happiness and love.

No offense taken... with me, it,s the 'kids' at work.. none of them over 30.. very little or no consideration for others.. and not much common sense also... male and female... Heard this a while back... "God made the World.. and rested.. then God made Man.. and rested.. then God made Woman.. and neither God nor Man has rested since" :o).... a friend told me that.. ( not where his wife could hear)..

sherpa18:lilyspad: Hai guize! Work was un-happening, so I left early. Went to the chiro for an adjustment, and just as I was leaving, all the lights went out! All over town! Usually in the town where I work, that only happens when it's really windy, or something like that. Strange. All the stoplights were out, too! Everyone was very courteous and only went 1 car at a time through the intersections...I love small towns!

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lilyspad:Hai guize! Work was un-happening, so I left early. Went to the chiro for an adjustment, and just as I was leaving, all the lights went out! All over town! Usually in the town where I work, that only happens when it's really windy, or something like that. Strange. All the stoplights were out, too! Everyone was very courteous and only went 1 car at a time through the intersections...I love small towns!

CrankyAndi:Had a huge scare today. All the furkids are fine. I have the day off and was out doing errands. I was on my way home, driving one of the normal roads around here, not interstate, just a local road. When all of a sudden a semi that had been 3 lanes over, decided he needed to turn left...and he went across all lanes of traffic into the lane where I was....and wasn't seeing anyone or anything expect that turn he was going to miss. I got to see his wheels up close and personal as he was merging (hahahahah) into me. Not my lane. Me. I realized he was being an ass and aggressive so I was able to slam on my brakes and lay on the horn.... I should have followed him into here he was delivering stuff and gotten his number and had his ass reported. Yes, I was almost sideswiped and hurt by a semi. I was shaking and glad to be home. I kept saying 'I was almost hit by a semi....I was almost hit by a semi'.

I'm glad to be home where I am safe. I think I will do safe things now, called cleaning.

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If only Madame Louie had read the future, he could have told me to stay home with him!

Would you have listened, though? I never do. I'm a stubborn wench.

I'm glad you're OK, except for the fright. That would have scared me so bad I'd probably have wet myself. So much for "always wear clean underpants in case you're in an accident", huh?

How I imagine you looked, because I know I'd look like this, just not as cute in my terror:

John Buck 41:StranahansBarracuda: yobbery: tigerose: John Buck 41: lilyspad: tigerose: John Buck 41 and thank you for all your pics and posts. I look forward to seeing you every week..and your little dogs too!

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I love it! That is a classic, and has so many quotes to use...I would love to play the witch. She rocks.

I heard they were remaking The Wizard of Oz. I don't see how they can possibly top the original.

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It's a prequel, not a remake. How the wizard first arrives. It's got a heck of a cast!

You're right. I called it a remake w/o thinking. It is, in fact, a prequel.

So this is the one where they explain how Anakin Skywalker was the Wizard beforehe became a Jedi and then went over to the Dark Side?

Fang Q Puce Guardian for Pucing the Official GoodSearch Kitty!I need to Go Turn Into A Meatloaf -- or punkin or summat -- & send AlienDandelion a fast direct e.See You Good Lot in the daylit daylight, as usual. Except for TPG who'll have waved his Effects Wand & not be up yet, being -8 hrs from GMT or UTC or whatever they call that these days -- Ha, Hi & ;-p!

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I love it! That is a classic, and has so many quotes to use...I would love to play the witch. She rocks.

I heard they were remaking The Wizard of Oz. I don't see how they can possibly top the original.

OlderGuy:AlienDandelion: *scampers in*Oh Hai!!!I made it in this weekend!YAY!!!I better start catching up on the thread!

Alien !! So glad to see you here ! Tis a cold rainy day down here.. alternating between rain and snow.. temp just hit 32, so any more precip will be snow... took a cat nap earlier, with cats.. was going well until Thumper went after Trip,s tail.. Trip has the bum front leg and can't climb, but does carry a grudge, I think he may have given up the chase at this point.. Thumper has been jumping from one object to another, with Trip following on the floor.. the rest of the crew have been following them, waiting for the fracas... I finally defused the situation by serving dinner.. if you say the word 'food', 'eat', or 'hungry', you have Trip,s undivided attention, and if you take one step toward the kitchen he will get there before you... Hope the job is going well.. sounds like you enjoy it..

Hey!Yes, I'm really enjoying working in the hospital. I'm getting quite a lot of positive feedback - I am constantly floored by just how many people working in hospitals should.not.work.in.them. Apparently a lot of nurses are starting to feel "spoiled" by having someone who actually does their job come up and not only does that, but makes them laugh and the patients smiles.I'm just being me - but I am being told they don't see people like me often working./maybe this will promote some good changes with everyone :D//if not it's not like I'm going to change - I enjoy being a pain in teh ass causing mayhem and chaos >;D

I have to say something that happens daily at work that always makes me smile:The huge number of people, especially nurses, who you will find several times a day flocking to where all the cardboard boxes are tossed in bins ready to be recycled at the hospitals.One explained it perfectly:"There is such a variety of sizes, and they are all such sturdy boxes - how can we not automatically think of our cats?"

Yes that is a snake, a TOY snake! I bought it to train the Guinea Fowl but they never looked twice at it so I put it in the garden to keep the birds off of my tomatoes. It wound up in the bucket of strange garden stuff.I was trying to find all of my tools when I came across it and just tossed it on the floor. I threw it away by the end of the day because it was so unnerving to see it every time I walked in the garage.I keep buying more tools to get the house livable and then I find I already have one or two of whatever I just bought. My son is helping with the heavy or icky work and I am spoiling him with all the tools I own. He thought the oscillating saws were a gimmick until he used mine.This was one of the more interesting finds under the bathroom floor:

That there is what you call your 'redneck water heater.'

I bought a Rockwell oscillating saw when they first came out. It's now one of my favorite tools. It's unreal what that little thing can do, especially when working in tight spaces.

this and the other one I posted are mah new kittehz. The first is Madam Lula Crunch McPuffington Poos. This is lady fluffington. Or just fluffy.

Fluffy is beautiful! What do you call the also lovely Madam Lula Crunch McPuffington Poos for short? I'd call her "Crunch" just to throw off everyone who was expecting me to call her "Poo". I'm kinda ornery that way, though.Congrats on the new furkids! YAY!

So I was at my best friends place, and I got sucked into his bed of doom (seriously...his bed is ebil, you even go nears it, it sucks you and makes you honk shu for days!) and since he was making dinner he let me sleep till it was ready.

Apparently, it took him 20 minutes to wake me up.The usual method didn't work so he started to pretend "bite" me with his fingers...I guess I automatically thought it was Ben Hurr because he said I kept swatting him away and mumbling "Nooo Benners...lemme sleep...Benners! Benners stop it" then I started giggling in my sleep and woke myself up :3He laughed at me the rest of the night.Seriously...I could have sworn it was Ben Hurr it felt just like his tiny teeth :3

*ahem...(composes self)*...Hi everyone.I see we have a full house tonight. I was planning to post an appropriate picture but I got tired of sifting through 1000+ photos in rows of three which are being loaded on demand as you scroll!

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You are not alone in your opinion of the new photo...bleaaach..et...want me to hold your whiskers for you?...*wretching noises continue"..duuude!

It's absurd! I have a friggin' wide screen ferchiristsake and I can only view 15 thumbnails at any one time!?

*ahem...(composes self)*...Hi everyone.I see we have a full house tonight. I was planning to post an appropriate picture but I got tired of sifting through 1000+ photos in rows of three which are being loaded on demand as you scroll!

The First Four Black Sabbath Albums:It's been ages since I've visited Fark. I miss it. I'm just too busy with the various Boards of Directors I'm on and my day job. Anyway, I have to share the little photo shoot my wife and I had on Valentine's Day:

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YaY! My favorite troll!!! I haven't used my 'troll' pics in quite a while! This one is for you!

ps... really adorable kittehs you have there!

Another ps for the Caturday Fambley > what's with the spermz donations? Are we picking up the 1K vet bill?

mighty my right foot, the one with the heavily fungus infected great toenail!!! Was merely lucky enough to keep trying until able at last to speak to a Genuine Hoo-Mon & get the e-drs, which I'll be most pleased to hand along once I fix din-din for all of us.

attempt to prevent any perse- or prose-cution. credit lilyspad end of 2012

Not having much luck with the phone # recorded yesterday by tigerose, think I may be mis-understanding the automated answering directions. Thought there was a choice for a Staff Directory, but if so, am not achieving it. No hablo espanol.Is nearly lunchtime here, best get with that programme, be back inabit.

We also had Wolf trimmed. He did *not* fare as good as Biscuit. His cut looks great but it's a little uneven at the shoulders. It can be fixed with a single snip with the scissors. Let's just say that right now he reminds me of Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein.I think it switched sides too!

The Ice Queen:Sickapie: reigning.cats.and.dogs: dammitsomuch, tigerose, you are gonna raise the bar so high, NOBODY is gonna be able to compete! Unless we can get spinnyr to toss in some ded spermz... which reminds me - I need to get in touch with her to order more because the kitties love 'em and the puppy eats 'em... I am down (from 4) to two, one of which has no tail...

This in my India. She was found abandoned in a house with 25 cats and only a pizza left on the floor. A couple of rescues got in and rescued them and split the cats between them. She had been at the shelter for several years becuase a) she's a black cat and b) she's very shy.

Sickapie:reigning.cats.and.dogs: dammitsomuch, tigerose, you are gonna raise the bar so high, NOBODY is gonna be able to compete! Unless we can get spinnyr to toss in some ded spermz... which reminds me - I need to get in touch with her to order more because the kitties love 'em and the puppy eats 'em... I am down (from 4) to two, one of which has no tail...

tigerose:Oh my gosh..what have I started! Lol the foot grabbers..yes, adult beverages in multiples will be provided..teeth are prohibited..I can get that at home for no extra charge...umm..what else? Oh yeah! Fur coat caught me unprepared. Thank you for that.

I am feeling somewhat better. Seem that my kid is regretting not having a prom date. First I have heard of it..I guess a teacher has a board of sudents looking for dates...makes me sad. Because the kids feel like losers...

My prom date wore a corduroy suit. Even his bowtie..and he was late. Yeah. And then some biatches stole my centerpiece! I had such fun?

I never went to a high school dance. Not that I didn't WANT to....the guys I was dating then didn't want to go. No prom, no Homecoming...nuthin'. I made up for it later in life when I was old enough to drink..went to all the gay bars I could find!!! AWESOME!!! All kinds of good-lookin' guys to dance with, and NOT ONE OF THEM WILL HIT ON YOU! Problem solved..... :D PLUS!!! They think what you are wearing is HAWT!!! Ha....

CrankyAndi:Had a huge scare today.... I kept saying 'I was almost hit by a semi....I was almost hit by a semi'.

This is why I personally never drive next to a truck, I always try to stay in front of them (I avoid being behind them as it is hella scary when a 53' trailer strips a tire at 70 mph and it comes flying out and hits your front end/windshield - happened twice to me). Glad you are OK.

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I love it! That is a classic, and has so many quotes to use...I would love to play the witch. She rocks.

To this day, close to 45 years after I first saw it, those flying monkeys creep me out.

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OMG!!! Me too! The first time I watched it, my Mom fell asleep on the couch and I was "all alone"!!! EEEK!!! Scared the piss out of me!!! They look too real!

Already furrgot who fetched this to imgur. Commenter said Maybe more like Arthur King of the Kittens & Knights of the Round Litterbox. Someone Else said the Eyes are quite good, nice colour.This may be last befurr we need to leave for chori. Pl's feeding cats. Also have leak in one of watering reservoirs, may need to buy new one (maybe after rehs at one of 24 hr places). We'll See.Hope/plan to CU L8r. Didna hand off any of the KiloKitty decimal stuff but mox nix. At least now I do know where all mine are! Hasta lasagna, which we're not having for drive-thru din-din.

for maynerdkitty, titled An albino pony by roxie1277, which comments claim 'tisn't quite --turbie typed That's not a pony, that's a foalthen mr_daryl typed, Also, it's not an Albino. Its a Cremello; A coloration rather than a pigment disorder. Albinos would have pink eyes, whereas Cremellos have pale blue eyes. Sauce: I has onethen RaggedJagged typed, Spending this semester doing research on horse coat color genetics- this guy is right then b pony typed, short time ago, Owning a Cremello stallion - these guys are right. jeltiemab typed before that,and <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.reddit.com/r/horses">/r/horses strikes again! Yeah, that's juts a Cremello Foal. Nice try OP.

And it is story time....I went to take my trash out earlier today (fark, it's cold out there), and also picked up yesterday's mail on my way back in. I found a scratch off card (like a lottery ticket) from a local restaurant that is a chinese/japanese/thai place (which is in the strip mall right behind my building, I have never gone there because they are kinda expensive) and I got a $15 discount! I promptly placed an order and went to pick it up (they are literally about 50 yards away - and holy shiat, it is really farking cold out!!) .... Anyway, I get home, and look in the bag, and they gave me a small soup instead of a large, and shrimp dumplings instead of dim sum - so I called them (expecting a credit on my next order) and the woman who answered could not apologize enough, and said she would fix it immediately. 6 minutes later, my bell rings, they gave me a large soup (plus more noodles) and the dim sum, and a bonus egg roll, and I got to keep the rest of the stuff (i figure I got about $30 bucks worth of food for something like $3)

Meanwhile, the point of this long-winded story is that the second piece of mail was from another local place ... and the white boy could simply not comprehend why I would not call them - since they have wings named after him ....

lilyspad:[i.imgur.com image 419x635]"window licker" is the term one of my managers wants me to use instead of retarded when referring to one of my co-workers. I don't know...doesn't really work for me.

Living with a cat who bites for keeps makes our interactions quite interesting. The other day Eli hopped on the bed at o dark 30 and very.gently.licked.my.nose. I lay there quietly, hoping that a big chomp wasn't waiting in the wings. It was not. A very nice surprise. He mearly asked to get under the covers, then purred himself to sleep.

Tonight he was curled in the bathroom sink. He did not want a drink, he just wanted attention. And he fits so nicely in the bowl! Lol! He is being very nice..makes me wonder where he has left an out of bounds deposit!

AlienDandelion:sherpa18:/ it just felt like i was playing all by myself // by, not with myself you perverts! :o)HAHAHHAH!! Oh you know for a blippin fact I totally read that wrong each and every time! hahahaha! /no regrets!!!

syzygy whizz:Bottom of page 3, and I'm gonna catch up before heading off to Mordor work.

SO glad I can have Raven 'working' with me. Last night I dealt with a laundry monster of epic proportions...which meant I spent over 5 hours downstairs. Due to grumpy-ass knees, I limit my up-downstairs trips to ONE per shift...so I was stuck until I finished.

My hearing is good..."Myaaaah? Myaaaaaaaah?" faintly from upstairs.

"Raven...I'm down here."Dat Little FaceTM appears at the top of the steps. UP goes the tail, and she trots downstairs.Purr purr purr purr.....

She'd missed me and had come looking for me.As well as the "Awwwwww..." factor, can't tell you how much that means to me. It's nice to have confirmation from your furkids that you are important to them.

Hahahha!I can totally picture that 100%what a cutie!I remember the only time I was looked for was when I was late heading to bed.If I was, Ben Hurr would come out of the bedroom looking for me, then proceed to give me hell for going to bed late and would give me "the look" till I finally gave in. :3Hahahah

Real Women Drink Akvavit:Laulaja, it's a Scandi (Danish, but we're all the same people, really) thing that one of my aunties taught me to make when I was dumped in Norway for the summer the year I was 10 or 11 Can't remember which year for sure as it was a frequent summer trip for my sis and I. As a result, I'm a bit more familiar with Scandi food than a lot of people in the US with Nordic heritage, but I honestly don't know how widespread they are in the rest of the Nordic countries.

The "aeble" part means "apple" in Danish but I remember her using whatever she wanted in there. I think everyone does, though. My favorite variety was when we went for spring break and the wild strawberries were all over the place. They're small and sweet and absolutely yummy. I forget the word for "strawberry" in any Scandi language/dialect, but luckily almost everyone in my family is bilingual or even multi-lingual to a certain extent (they can communicate, anyway), so I can just hand her the pan if she ever comes to visit and say "Strawberry, please!" I've never been as good at making them as she is, but she makes them at least once a week. Practice makes perfect and all that.

laulaja:Am trying to think how to make these without buying the utensil; own a couple microwave muffin "tins" but somehow doubt trying to microwave.

I wouldn't use a microwave, but I hate microwaved food (with the notable exception of steaming something like broccoli). Part of the appeal of the aebleskiver is the stovetop cooking and you're basically frying them in the aebleskiver pan. That's why you use so much melted butter (proportionately) to batter in the recipe. I've never tried making them without an aebleskiver pan. Now you've got me wondering if I could fry them, but the old lay-deez my Gran has befriended are coming over tomorrow, so I don't really have the time to "play" in my kitchen as much as I'd like. I've got to finish prepping nibbles and I think I'll make them a caramel apple cake as well. 'Cuz talking about aebleskiver is making me want apple something. I always send each of the old lay-deez home or back to their facility with some goodies to munch on later, so I've got to pack those nicely as well.

I'm so gonna try and fry them (aebleskiver, not the old lay-deez) some day. If those state fair concessions can deep fry things like a cube of butter or kool-aid, I should be able to figure out "Americanized Aebleskiver". tee-hee!

Snoo, a lajimi postment from Ago before I began applying dates, figs, other exotic fruit to pix (snork). None of that here either once Light Dustings yesterday melted.RWDA, had never heard of Aebleskiver or pans in which to cook same before. But now tnx to GoodSearch, was able to find that the Solvang restaurant in that burg in CA sells same, incl one for under $20 (before p&h). Was also a place listed that overstocked for the year-end holidays & went out of business at end of Jan (URL 404ed). Also referred to as mini-round-pancakes, donut hole equivalents, etc. They appear to come in chocolate too; at least Solvang made some chocs for Val day. Referring to my bilingual dictionary, strawberry in Finn comes up as (hyoety)mansikka. Berry is marja. Am trying to think how to make these without buying the utensil; own a couple microwave muffin "tins" but somehow doubt trying to microwave.Salsa complete for moment, can it somehow be?? How????

BTW, we're getting whacked again this weekend. Nothing like last weekend, but still....enough is ENOUGH!

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I sure wish you could send that out here and I'm pretty sure you would like to. We have less than half our usual snow and if that doesn't change soon even more of Colorado will go up in flames this year.

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With all my heart, if I could i would. In all fairness last winter was (relatively) non-existent. We are more than making up for it this year, though.

With Mrs. Buck working both yesterday and today i am well on my way to going 100% housequeer (that's not a homophobic statement; just means sick of being cooped up)

I have no idea why that just made me laugh real hard.Must be the look on the cats face.Also note: try to abstain from eating deep fried pickles before going to bed./totally crazy assed dreams last night...wow...

A friend of mine has that problem with Funyuns! Says if she eats them after 5 pm she has dreams that would rival an acid trip.

I'm going to test this fried pickle thing. I've never had them before and weird dreams would be a bonus to me. Would save money by not having to go to the movies, anyway.

Laulaja, it's a Scandi (Danish, but we're all the same people, really) thing that one of my aunties taught me to make when I was dumped in Norway for the summer the year I was 10 or 11 Can't remember which year for sure as it was a frequent summer trip for my sis and I. As a result, I'm a bit more familiar with Scandi food than a lot of people in the US with Nordic heritage, but I honestly don't know how widespread they are in the rest of the Nordic countries.

The "aeble" part means "apple" in Danish but I remember her using whatever she wanted in there. I think everyone does, though. My favorite variety was when we went for spring break and the wild strawberries were all over the place. They're small and sweet and absolutely yummy. I forget the word for "strawberry" in any Scandi language/dialect, but luckily almost everyone in my family is bilingual or even multi-lingual to a certain extent (they can communicate, anyway), so I can just hand her the pan if she ever comes to visit and say "Strawberry, please!" I've never been as good at making them as she is, but she makes them at least once a week. Practice makes perfect and all that.

This kitteh approves of strawberry stuff! Especially the strawberry part. ;-p/"jornbaerd"? "jordbaerd"? for strawberry? It'll drive me nuts until I ask my sis to say it sloooooowly for me. lol!

5monkeys:I just did this. With two cats. One the people left in a tree and I got right away. Her name is

spiderpig now and she has a fantastic cat tower that she loves. It goes all the way to the ceiling next to a five shelf bookshelf. The other took me a week to find out was locked in the foreclosure. Her name is chuck Norris now. She is a survivor and a cuddle bug. We figured sandy made us homeless, and assholes made them homeless, so perfect fit for us. 300 bucks in vet bills later it was well worth it. They are awesome.

ft of pg 14. Tnx AlienDandelion for the good foto of BenHurr accompanying your text this pg.Will mention that in #5 down from top on Sat, same day as this, there are 2 quite good pix among the Candidates for New Pope. One is of course Tardar Sauce with halo & paws spread, on pg 1 thereof, already furrgot how far down, by libranoelrose who's left catptioned fotos here; other is Ceiling Cat in that Esteemed Role Possibility, furrgot who by. methinx Ceiling Cat would fill Role rather better --Also spotted complete foto of the cute owl from imgur this pg, fetched by lilyspad. Encroppinated mine to save some space.

Cat as war hero, sorta, ~end Nov, a cretinbob fetch according to my notes.Find that local aged (83) ailing radio club member who crossed Bridge Fri eve was a 30+yr US Naval Reserve guy. Was a radioman, need not ask furrther where he learnt to be an Amateur Radio Op! Will thank son who's been in touch with me, for his dad's long & faithful national service Tue AM when I see him.

Yes that is a snake, a TOY snake! I bought it to train the Guinea Fowl but they never looked twice at it so I put it in the garden to keep the birds off of my tomatoes. It wound up in the bucket of strange garden stuff.

I was trying to find all of my tools when I came across it and just tossed it on the floor. I threw it away by the end of the day because it was so unnerving to see it every time I walked in the garage.

I keep buying more tools to get the house livable and then I find I already have one or two of whatever I just bought. My son is helping with the heavy or icky work and I am spoiling him with all the tools I own. He thought the oscillating saws were a gimmick until he used mine.

This was one of the more interesting finds under the bathroom floor:

By the end of the day we had fixed the duct, re-routed the water line and replaced the rotted parts of the floor. My son used to work for a guy that had rentals so he knew more about replacing floors than I did. I just kept handing him tools and we got it fixed.I let him use all of these:/twenty years of working in the tool department has paid off// could have done it with way less tools but since I had them.../// My horse are coming home March 29!!!

lilyspad:[i.imgur.com image 455x640]How about THIS for a toaster!!! Sorcery..... :D

Wow. I've never seen one like that and I have some pretty strange lookin' kitchen stuff. Some of them are a no-no, things Alton Brown would call "uni-taskers", but I thought they were cool and bought 'em anyway (if they were cheap). I have an entire linen closet I have claimed, much to my family's dismay, full of odd implements of kitchen mayhem potential culinary creativity. I've had to chase family out of that closet so many times because they are always trying to claim it for their linens. It is no longer a linen closet. It is my closet full of kitchen toys. If I ever catch my sis touching my Aebleskiver pan again, I'm going to get chocolate-y fingerprints all over her The Beatles mirrored picture she's got over her Beatles shrine. I told her that, too. Also, that it would be "an accident". Problem solved.

lilyspad:[i.imgur.com image 640x512]Morning!!! The coffee and breakfast bar is now open......

I beat ya to coffee (been up since 3 am) but breakfast looks nommylicious! I'm probably going to make myself and my sis some Huevos Rancheros in another hour or so.

Looks good, huh? I'm glad I grew up in Cali. We have every cuisine on the face of the planet relatively easy to find here, some authentic, some not so much. While we're fairly heavy on the Mexican food (and it is my favorite ethnic cuisine) it would not be strange at all for me at all to have CalMex for breakfast, Vietnamese for lunch and Thai for dinner/supper and European style (pick a region) sweets for a late night dessert. It's like a foodie paradise out here.

I sorta want one of those combo toaster oven things, btw. I have no idea where we'd put it, but man, they are cool. We've had a toaster oven in our kitchen for my entire life. That was one of my "getting her own place finally" gifts back in the day. I'm just as attached to my toaster oven (just bought a new one about six months ago) as one friend's mom is attached to her blender.

That cracks me up! Who knew Kitler had company in the form of Leninkitten?

Uncanny when you see them together like that, isn't it?

A really good Kitler

I find it very fitting that there are cats that visually resemble dictators. I know my GoGo Beastie has the heart of a dictator. Good thing she doesn't have thumbs or we'd be in some major trouble. ALL of us.

Bottom of page 3, and I'm gonna catch up before heading off to Mordor work.

SO glad I can have Raven 'working' with me. Last night I dealt with a laundry monster of epic proportions...which meant I spent over 5 hours downstairs. Due to grumpy-ass knees, I limit my up-downstairs trips to ONE per shift...so I was stuck until I finished.

My hearing is good..."Myaaaah? Myaaaaaaaah?" faintly from upstairs.

"Raven...I'm down here."Dat Little FaceTM appears at the top of the steps. UP goes the tail, and she trots downstairs.Purr purr purr purr.....

She'd missed me and had come looking for me.As well as the "Awwwwww..." factor, can't tell you how much that means to me. It's nice to have confirmation from your furkids that you are important to them.

yobbery:"Yeah, but you should have seen the other cat!"[i211.photobucket.com image 546x640]

We also had Wolf trimmed. He did *not* fare as good as Biscuit. His cut looks great but it's a little uneven at the shoulders. It can be fixed with a single snip with the scissors. Let's just say that right now he reminds me of Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein.[i211.photobucket.com image 640x425]I think it switched sides too!

AlienDandelion:*scampers in*Oh Hai!!!I made it in this weekend!YAY!!!I better start catching up on the thread!

Alien !! So glad to see you here ! Tis a cold rainy day down here.. alternating between rain and snow.. temp just hit 32, so any more precip will be snow... took a cat nap earlier, with cats.. was going well until Thumper went after Trip,s tail.. Trip has the bum front leg and can't climb, but does carry a grudge, I think he may have given up the chase at this point.. Thumper has been jumping from one object to another, with Trip following on the floor.. the rest of the crew have been following them, waiting for the fracas... I finally defused the situation by serving dinner.. if you say the word 'food', 'eat', or 'hungry', you have Trip,s undivided attention, and if you take one step toward the kitchen he will get there before you... Hope the job is going well.. sounds like you enjoy it..

Update from last week. That wound is healing fine. She was a bit annoyed that the vet shaved the hair around it so the scab wouldn't envelope her fur, but she forgot about all about it after a treat and some scritches behind her ears.

She is just so soooooft and gorgeous looking :3I found out a coworker of mine has a Norweigan Forest Cat too! She said that he's a big lovable goof, but he scares the other cats so they don't want to play with him.His solution: lay across any doorway so that when any of the other cats walk through he swats them on their butts!hahaha!

I went grocery shopping today and bought alot of out of season foods because I was really in the mood for it. So dinner was bbq spare ribs with corn on the cob. Dessert is strawberries,raspberries,blackberries,blueberries with some sugar for syrup on top of ice cream. I'll have to lock up Gremie when I bring out the strawberries otherwise I'll have to fight him for them.

Indoors to outdoors:When we moved from the top floor of a low-rise in Hong Kong to an appartment in Paris, the determining factor in picking a place to live was a ground floor because we thought the cats would enjoy it. They were around 5-7years old and had only known a terrace and balcony in HK. They both enjoyed going out a lot, and was funny seeing the silly, clumbsy and cuddly one trying to act all tough and puffy when defending the place from other cats at the window...They LOVED going out from the window and one would always accompany their humans back through the lobby if it had the chance. They both had FIH though, probably by birth, possibly by the lack of feline condoms. Who knows! Both lived about 15 merry years though.

I have someone to contribute for once. This is Flower. Poor cat got stuck with a stupid name from her prior owner, who more or less kicked her out in the middle of a divorce. She's an indoor/outdoor cat who's learned to knock when she wants in. Now think about that for a minute. She can knock on a door loud enough to be heard over the TV. When she gets worked up and goes to bat at you, you might not get scratches but a day later you'll be wondering where that bruise came from.